Legal basis: Article 294 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) organizes, leads and actively participates in organized illegal and criminal activities by violence, threats or other means, dominating one side, doing evil, bullying and harming the masses, and seriously disrupting the order of economic and social life, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; Other participants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.
The crime of organizing, leading and participating in underworld organizations will constitute a criminal offence, and the organizer, leader and active introducer shall be investigated for criminal responsibility.